The internet of hackable things
This Virus Automatically Kills Smart Light Bulbs
In the future, hackers might black out cities by breaking into internet-connected light bulbs.
How Hackers Could Steal Your Cellphone Pictures From Your IoT Crock-Pot
A bug in the Android app that controls Belkin’s popular smart home WeMo products allows hackers to get access to the phone’s pictures and location.
Wannabe Hackers Are Adding ‘Terrible’ and ‘Stupid’ Features to Mirai
All the wannabe hackers out there are trying to mod the source code of the infamous malware Mirai, with little success—for now.
How Vigilante Hackers Could Stop the Internet of Things Botnet
Could do-gooder hackers take over the Mirai botnet and make it unhackable for criminals?
Senator Wants to Classify Insecure Internet of Things Devices As 'Harmful'
Sen. Mark Warner is asking the FCC whether poorly secured Internet of Things devices should not be allowed on the internet.
Twitter Account Shows Mirai Botnets Using Your Security Camera In Cyber Turf War
Huge armies of infected devices are attacking everyone. Even each other.
Find Out If One of Your Devices Helped Break the Internet
If you own Internet of Things devices, it’s time to lock it down.
Blame the Internet of Things for Destroying the Internet Today
An army of hacked Internet of Things devices could be one of the reasons why your internet sucks today.
Twitter, Reddit, Spotify Were Collateral Damage In Major Internet Attack
A cyberattack on a company called Dyn caused massive DNS outages all over the East Coast and beyond on Friday.
Criminal Hackers Have Launched a ‘Turf War’ Over the Internet of Shit
The malware behind powerful cyberattacks-for-hire services keeps spreading to new devices.
Internet of Things Malware Has Apparently Reached Almost All Countries on Earth
Almost all countries on earth now have Internet of Things devices infected with Mirai.
We Need to Save the Internet from the Internet of Things
Long term, we need to build an internet that is resilient against IoT-based attacks. But that's a long time coming.